I agree that the bat holdtype is the best , when i saw how buggy it was , i tried to install other katana mods , but they have the hatchet hold type which sucks imo. then i thought about manually switching the hold type of the other katanas from other mods so i can have the best of both worlds and i saw the 180 degree switcheroo you are talking about , not to mention the hand grip looking awful. Yours was the best/most realistic holdtype and animation and all , it's just hacky like you said , i added <property name="DropMeshfile" value="#Other/Items?Misc/sack_droppedPrefab.prefab"/> as a workaround for the invisible katana when you drop it , you could do the same until you fix it